U.S. Missouri governor tests positive for COVID-19

U.S. state of Missouri Governor Mike Parson has tested positive for COVID-19, the governor's office announced on Wednesday.

The 65-year-old governor of the U.S. Midwest state is the second U.S. governor known to have tested positive for COVID-19, after Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, who contracted the virus in July.

"Right now I feel fine, no symptoms of any kind," Parson said in a video posted to Facebook. "But right now, we just got to take the quarantine procedures in place."

On Wednesday morning, the governor's office revealed that the state's first lady, Teresa Parson, was tested positive after developing mild symptoms, including a runny nose and cough.

Parson has canceled his official appearances for the rest of the week, local media reported.

Parson had heart surgery four years ago, local media said.

Parson's contraction of the virus has come against the backdrop that the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 6.9 million, with over 200,000 deaths.

The state of Missouri has confirmed more than 118,000 infection cases, with 1,938 deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.